Combined container lid and display stand



April 5, 1938. w. E. THOMAS COMBIND CONTAINER LID AND DISPLAY STANDF'led Jan. 16, 1936 WILL/ME. THoMfis' Patented Apr. 5, 1938 UNITEDSTATES COMBINED 'CONTAINER LID AND DISPLAY- STAND' William E. Thomas,Charlotte, N. O., assignor to Lance Packing Company, Charlotte,corporation of North Carolina Application January 16, 1936, Serial No.59,453-

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a container comprising a main portion and alid portion with the lid portion serving as a display stand for holdingthe main portion.

It is an object of this invention to provide a telescopic containerhaving a main portion with a lid portion adapted to telescopically fitover the main portion with the lid portion having one side thereofscored transversely and having the adjacent sides perforated so thatthey can be torn away or folded inwardly so that the front side portionof the lid can be bent inwardly along a scored line to form a supportfor supporting one side of the container. The rear side wall of the lidis adapted to support the rear bottom portion of the container at anacute angle with respect tc the horizontal for displaying the contentsthereof. This provides a display stand made from the lid of the boxitself and thus eliminates the necessity of providing an additionaldisplay stand.

It is another object of this invention to provide a container comprisinga main portion and a telescopic lid portion for the container with thelid portion having a scored line along the front side wall thereof sothat the upper edge of the inverted lid can be bent inwardly to form asupport for one side of the container and if desired, the opposed sidesof the lid can be bent inwardly along perforated lines or the sideportions can be torn away along the perforated lines so as to provide astand having a slanting pair of sidewalls and a front portion lower thanthe rear portion so that the container full of goods, can be disposedwithin the inverted lid with the inverted lid serving as a display standfor the container.

Some of the .objects of the invention having been stated, other objectswill appear as the description proceeds when taken in connection withthe accompanying drawing, in which:-

Figure I is an isometric view of a container with the lid in positionready for shipping the container full of articles;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing the other sideportion of said lid inserted over the container;

Figure 3 is a view showing the lid removed from the container and havingits front side wall portion bent inwardly along a scored line and alsoshowing adjacent Sidewall portions bent inwardly along the perforatedline with the container disposed therein in display position;

Figura 4 is an isometric view of the lid portion in inverted positionand showing its sides N. C., a i

torn away and its front side wall bent inwardly ready to receive thecontainer for which it formed a lid during shipment;

Figure 5 is a' transverse sectional view taken y through Figure 3 andshowing how the lid serves 'l as a display stand for the container.

Referring more specifically to the drawing, the numeral IO indicates acontainer having a lid ll. The lid H comprises a top portion |2, sidesl3 and Ill, front wall l5 and back wall IB. The front side wall isscored along the line l'l to provide a fiap from the upper portion ofthe lid Il when it is in inverted position. The lid also is perforatedalong the lines |8 and |9 so that if desired, portions 20 and 2| may beeither folded inwardly as shown in Figure 3 or torn away and entirelyremoved from the lid as shown in Figure 3, when a display stand is to bemade therefrom.

The front wall |5, being scored as at IT, forms the fiap 22 which isfolded inwardly as shown, to form the function of a more rigid supportfor the container when it is in display position. The junction pointbetween the portion 2|l'and portion 22 is perforated as at 24, while thejunction between portion 2| and portion'22 is perforated as at 25 sothat the portions 20 and 2l may be entirely separated from portion 22.

In Figure 4, the lid in an inverted position, is shown as it will appearwhen the po-rtions 20 and 2| are torn away and entirely removed from thelid and the portion 22 is folded inwardly along score line l'l to form asupporting base for the container Ill.

It is thus seen that I have provided a container and a lid therefor withthe lid being so devised and constructed that the lid can be quicklytransformed into a display stand for the container for which it haspreviously served as a lid during shipping and storage.

In the drawing and specification there has been set forth a preferredembodiment of the invention, and although specific terms are employed,they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only, and not forpurposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth inthe appended claims.

I claim:

1. A quadrilateral box having a quadrilateral lid having front, rear andsidewalls fitting in telescopic relation over the box, said lid having aline of scoring along its frontwall disposed in parallel relation to thefree edge of the front wall when the lid is removed from the'box andplaced in an inverted position, said line of scoring substantiallybisecting said front wall, each of the sidewalls having a line ofscoring extending from the corner of the lid where the line of scoringin the front wall terminates to the junction point of the upper edges ofthe said sidewalls and the rear wall, the corners of the lid beingscored from the junction point of the scorings in the front Wall and thesidewalls to the free edge of the lid, whereby the portions of thesidewalls above-the scored line may be torn away and the upper portionof the front wall of the lid may be turned inwardly along its scoredlineeto form a. support for the lowei` end of the box when its other endis resting on the upper edge of the rear Wall of the lid.

2. A telescopic box lid having one of its Walls scored along a lineparallel to its upper edge When it is in inverted position and havingits Corners scored from the wall scoring to the free edge of the topwhereby the portion of the wall above the scored line may be fo1dedinwardly and downwardly to serve as a support for the box having one endabutting against said fo1ded portionand itsother end resting on theupper edge of the wall of the lid opposed to the wall having the scored.line therein.

3. In combination, a container, a lid adapted to telescopically fit overthe container, said lid when removed from the container and invertedhaving its front wall scored in parallel relation to its top portion,sidewall portions adjacent to said front wall being perforated along aline disposed obliquely with relation to the free edge of the invertedlid and projecting forwardly and downwardly to ooincide with the scorein the front sidewall, the junction point between the adjacent sidewallsand the front sidewall of said lid beingperforated between the junctionpoint of the side perforations and the free edge of the lid, so thatwhen the front wall is bent inwardly along its scored portions and theperforated portions of the adjacentl sidewalls are torn away along theirperforations, a display stand will be provided. from said inverted lidby bending the upper free end of the front wall inwardly along itsscored portion to provide a support for the front end of the container,while the rear end of the bottom.A of the container rests on the top ofthe rear'sidewall of thetinverted lid.

WILLIAM E. THOMAS.

